Dear Readers,
Vocabulary is an important part of English that helps you deal with all kinds of questions in objective as well as descriptive papers of various exams. You can learn new words daily from our Daily Word List. Learn the words and make your own sentences on the basis of the given word list. Here are a few lines from The Hindu.
Example/उदाहरण: A fisherman casts his net into sea near Vengurla jetty in Sindhudurg district in Konkan on Wednesday. Fishing activity has picked up pace after Raksha Bandhan.
Example/उदाहरण: Before the two sisters could jump out, the plastic mosquito net around the cot turned into an inferno, critically injuring the two sisters.
3. Inferno [in-fur-noh]-नरक/पाताल
Example/उदाहरण: Though Gulshan, who suffered 95% burns, and Fiza, with more than 75% burns, were admitted to the burns ward of the district hospital in Bareilly, Gulshan succumbed to her injuries the next day.
4. Succumb [suh-kuhm]-मृत्यु को प्राप्त होना
Example/उदाहरण: Due to the stigma attached to leprosy, an old man was denied a decent funeral at Basudebpalli village in Boudh district of Odisha.
5. Stigma [stig-muh]-कलंक/लांछन
6. Leprosy [lep-ruh-see]-कुष्ठ रोग
Example/उदाहरण: The villagers’ reluctance compelled the daughter of the deceased along with her brother and her husband to carry the body to the pyre on their shoulders.
7. Reluctance [ri-luhk-tuh ns]-अनिच्छा
8. Pyre [pahyuh r]-चिता/ईधन का ढेर
Example/उदाहरण: The inhabitants of Basudebpalli consider leprosy to be the wrath of Lord Shiva and hence not curable.
9. Wrath [rath, rahth or, esp. British, rawth]-कोप/रोध
Example/उदाहरण: The Union Cabinet has decided to revive the North Koel Reservoir Project, stalled since 1993, and claims it will irrigate over 40,000 hectares in some of the most backward and drought-prone regions in Jharkhand and Bihar.
10. Stall [stawl]-दुकान
1. Jetty [jet-ee]-घाट/बांध
Noun/संज्ञा: a pier or structure of stones, piles, or the like, projecting into the sea or other body of water to protect a harbor, deflect the current, etc; a wharf or landing pier; the piles or wooden structure protecting a pier.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: seawall, wharf, barrier, breakwater, dock, groin, landing, quay, slip.
2. Pace [peys]-गति
Noun/संज्ञा: a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.; a rate of activity, progress, growth, performance, etc.; tempo.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: clip, measure, step, footstep, gait, lick, stride, tread, walk, getalong.
Example/उदाहरण: Before the two sisters could jump out, the plastic mosquito net around the cot turned into an inferno, critically injuring the two sisters.
3. Inferno [in-fur-noh]-नरक/पाताल
Noun/संज्ञा: the infernal regions; a place or region that resembles hell.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: purgatory, blazes, Hades, hellfire, netherworld, underworld, bottomless pit, everlasting fire, fire and brimstone.
Example/उदाहरण: Though Gulshan, who suffered 95% burns, and Fiza, with more than 75% burns, were admitted to the burns ward of the district hospital in Bareilly, Gulshan succumbed to her injuries the next day.
4. Succumb [suh-kuhm]-मृत्यु को प्राप्त होना
Verb/क्रिया: to give way to superior force; yield; to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: bow, break down, buckle, capitulate, cave in, cease, defer, give in, give way, go down, pass away, perish.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: continue, defend, fight, ascend.
Example/उदाहरण: Due to the stigma attached to leprosy, an old man was denied a decent funeral at Basudebpalli village in Boudh district of Odisha.
5. Stigma [stig-muh]-कलंक/लांछन
Noun/संज्ञा: a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one’s reputation.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: scar, stain, blame, blemish, blot, brand, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, imputation, mark, odium, onus.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: approval, benefit, esteem, exaltation.
6. Leprosy [lep-ruh-see]-कुष्ठ रोग
Noun/संज्ञा: a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
Example/उदाहरण: The villagers’ reluctance compelled the daughter of the deceased along with her brother and her husband to carry the body to the pyre on their shoulders.
7. Reluctance [ri-luhk-tuh ns]-अनिच्छा
Noun/संज्ञा: unwillingness; disinclination.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: hesitancy, hesitation, objection, unwillingness, doubt, qualm, questioning.
8. Pyre [pahyuh r]-चिता/ईधन का ढेर
Noun/संज्ञा: a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material; such a pile for burning a dead body, especially as part of a funeral rite, as in India.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: bonfire, fuel, heap, suttee.
Example/उदाहरण: The inhabitants of Basudebpalli consider leprosy to be the wrath of Lord Shiva and hence not curable.
9. Wrath [rath, rahth or, esp. British, rawth]-कोप/रोध
Noun/संज्ञा: strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire; vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: acrimony, asperity, conniption, dander, displeasure, exasperation, flare-up, fury, hate, hatefulness, huff, indignation, ire, irritation, madness.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: calm, calmness, delight, ease.
Example/उदाहरण: The Union Cabinet has decided to revive the North Koel Reservoir Project, stalled since 1993, and claims it will irrigate over 40,000 hectares in some of the most backward and drought-prone regions in Jharkhand and Bihar.
10. Stall [stawl]-दुकान
Verb/क्रिया: to assign to, put, or keep in a stall or stalls, as an animal or a car; to confine in a stall for fattening, as cattle; to cause (a motor or the vehicle it powers) to stop, especially by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or overloading it.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: halt, hamper, hinder, interrupt, postpone, put off, slow, stay, stop, suspend.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: advance, aid, allow, assist.
